Buffalo’s Ethox Corp. Acquires STS DuoTEK
STS duoTEK stands for Sterilization Technical Services Inc. was established in 1978. It started as a contract sterilizer of medical devices and provider of related testing services. duoTEK, a firm that specialized in packing and assembly of medical devices STS in 1991 purchased duoTEK. STS duoTEK was successful and operates three manufacturing and laboratory facilities in Rochester.
Ethox Corp is a medical products manufacturing company. It makes and sells more than 80 hospital products for emergency rooms and nursing homes. Buffalo-based Ethox Corp. has acquired STS duoTEK Inc. But the transaction amount was not undisclosed.
STS duoTEK, company has 95 employees rendering services over years. A majority of them will be offered positions by the company’s new owner. Members of the Henrietta-based firm’s management team already have accepted positions at Ethox.
Lynn Martin, executive vice president of STS duoTEK stated that, the corporate cultures of Ethox and STS duoTEK are very much alike. Both have similar philosophies about meeting customer needs with the right combination of people, products and services. Martin is expected to take on the role of vice president and business unit manager at Ethox.
Ethox officials have agreed that STS duoTEK’s goodwill in the market, vast database of costumers, expertise in microbiology, toxicology and analytical chemistry is an important addition and complement to Ethox’s current service offering.
Thomas Bienias, Ethox president, adds that, “We are combining the best practices, the best science and best people of two great companies to create a stronger offering in the industry”. He expects that, within near future, this merging would result in making the Ethox Company one among the highly reputed firms in the market.
Ethox has its headquarters situated on Seneca Street in Buffalo. It has employees over 200 people. The firm’s main objective was to design and manufacture sterile, disposable medical products. It also provides contract sterilization to a number of hospitals statewide, lab services for medical institutions, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.